The Two Types of Bone Formation -- Enchondral Growth: Physes and Acrophyses -- Membranous Growth -- Vertebral Column and Other Apparently Non-Tubular Bones -- Prenatal Development -- Exostoses and Enchondromas -- Metabolic Bone Disease -- Dysplasias and Dysostoses -- Connectedness, Hox Genes -- Local Impairment or Speeding of Enchondral Growth -- Arthritis and Related Bone Disease -- The “Ten Day Rule” -- Paired Bones -- Bowed Bones -- Alignment Abnormality -- Specific Characteristics of Specific Bones.

The book is an organized approach to understanding bone growth and disease. It integrates anatomic and radiologic knowledge of enchondral and membranous bone growth and emphasizes the similarities of the physis and acrophysis in development. While mainly written for trainees in radiology, pediatrics, and orthopedics, it will also be useful to practitioners in these fields. The artwork, jointly produced by artist and author, illustrates the concepts being promulgated. The identification of abnormality is aided by the explanations of the causes in terms of pattern recognition.